I don't think Larry was killed in Vietnam. My memory is more prosaic: that he was changing a tire by a highway and was hit by a car. Does anyone else know this. I often wonder if anyone in our class served in Vietnam, with all the 2-S deferments.
I thought Larry died freshman or sophomore year of college ( late 1969 or 1970) and I thought it was suicide. I remember going to his house to pay condolence. It was very sad.
Larry was in medical school at the same time I was in pharmacy college at the U of I. I've heard 2 stories of Larry's death. One was the accident mentioned. Sadly, the other was possibly suicide, which if it was suicide, occured on a local highway.
Sadly, Larry started medical school with me in September 1973 at what is now University of Illinois Chicago, with orientation on a Friday. That weekend he committed suicide by jumping in front of a vehicle on the Edens Expressway.
I am fairly certain it was as Joel said a terrible car accident. If it was a suicide, which I somehow doubt, the changing tire mishap was a cover story. Too bad one way or another, a good Glencoe boy who was headed for good things.
I recall both stories -- about Larry being hit by a car and suicide. Suicide made no sense to me because I knew Larry very well, particularly at West and Central in Glencoe. I spent a lot of time playing sports with him and we spent time in each other's houses. He was always a very happy, kind and well-adjusted kid.
Richard Rotman
I don't think Larry was killed in Vietnam. My memory is more prosaic: that he was changing a tire by a highway and was hit by a car. Does anyone else know this. I often wonder if anyone in our class served in Vietnam, with all the 2-S deferments.
Marsha Isaacson
I thought Larry died freshman or sophomore year of college ( late 1969 or 1970) and I thought it was suicide. I remember going to his house to pay condolence. It was very sad.
Allen D. Graber
Larry was in medical school at the same time I was in pharmacy college at the U of I. I've heard 2 stories of Larry's death. One was the accident mentioned. Sadly, the other was possibly suicide, which if it was suicide, occured on a local highway.
Allen D. Graber
Response to Marsha: I remember it being in 1970.
Joel Handelsman
Richard is correct. Larry was killed on US 41 while changing a tire.
Lee Sacks
Sadly, Larry started medical school with me in September 1973 at what is now University of Illinois Chicago, with orientation on a Friday. That weekend he committed suicide by jumping in front of a vehicle on the Edens Expressway.
Allen D. Graber
Lee, Larry's suicide is the story I first heard. The last time I saw Larry he seemed very depressed.
Richard Rotman
I am fairly certain it was as Joel said a terrible car accident. If it was a suicide, which I somehow doubt, the changing tire mishap was a cover story. Too bad one way or another, a good Glencoe boy who was headed for good things.
Daniel Friedman
I recall both stories -- about Larry being hit by a car and suicide. Suicide made no sense to me because I knew Larry very well, particularly at West and Central in Glencoe. I spent a lot of time playing sports with him and we spent time in each other's houses. He was always a very happy, kind and well-adjusted kid.